Sounds great to me! But it depends if Stephens looks at it as a chore or gets enjoyment from first team football, especially in the Prem. There certainly are a lot of variables, too many for us to get right.
Maybe, but looking at the Burnley spend, he was willing to jump ship for a lot less than 30k wage and his 'dream' of playing in the PL. Don't underestimate a players desire to play matches. Sure there are plenty of mercenary players, but Stephens doesn't strike me as one. I'm sure if we go up...
This is the thing isn't it, we just don't know if we will be promoted or not. Let's say for example Palace offer Stephens 35K a week come the end of the season, and we are promoted, the Albion's offer of first-team football and say 28K a week might sway Stephens to sign with us. The Stephens and...